Cogswell Video Services, Inc. was founded in 1980 by Steven L. Cogswell and taken over by brother and sound mixer Richmond G. Cogswell in 1992, both sons of Hollywood visual effects photographer Gordon Jennings.

The company worked on projects such as the comedy Mr. Mom (1983), the science fiction film Short Circuit (1985), the action film Lethal Weapon (1987) and its sequel Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), the comedy Christmas Vacation (1989), the action film Air America (1990), the crime drama Rising Sun (1993), the thriller Point of No Return (1993), the crime thriller True Romance (1993), the science fiction thriller Virtuosity (1995), the television series Carnivále (2003-2005), the mystery thriller Mirrors (2008), and the television series Bright Falls (2010).

With over 400 feature film credits the company also provided their equipment to the television series Heroes, Bones, Entourage, Pushing Daisies, 24, The Mentalist, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Castle, Boston Public, Two and a Half Men, Brothers & Sisters, Numb3rs, Ghost Whisperer, Mad Men, House M.D., and FlashForward.